Ascent of the normal route with my friends Herman de Backer and jerome Mison, following the arisat del sol from Las Ciens refuge in just 3Hrs, excellent conditions up there.

We went up to the summit (5222m according GPS with 543 hpa in barometric pressure) but also realized, there are in fact 3 different tops, which is not often mentionned. We climbed all of them in 30/35 minutes, and checked with GPS , they all quote the same height of 5222m.

This was part of a 8 days programs combining also Citlatepelt / Orizaba.

We were joined by our guides Roberto Flores and Javier, who perfectly managed and organized our trip with plenty of sightseeing besides ckimbing (Museum of Antropology, Guadalupe in mexico, Puebla, Cholula and of course Teotihuacan). I strongly recommend their service for such trips.

The glacier on izta is very limited in size and no crevasse at all was visible.

Turned around at the knees, was feeling unusually cold, only way I can describe it is it felt like a knife cutting through my clothes and underneath my skin. I had been sick and was taking medicine I hadn't taken before, maybe it affected my circulation? Who knows. This was an acclimitization climb for Orizaba, but we got weathered in at the hut on Orizaba, so no luck for me on this trip. But the volcanoes will be there and I'll be back some day...

I had the mountain all to myself on Easter Sunday. I climbed as a dayhike without piolet / crampons after spending two nights acclimatizing at the pass. Cody The Dog made it to his first (and only?) 5000m summit. !!!Que Barbaro!!!

Due to buddy's altitude sickness and high winds, our summit day was delayed one day. Met many nice people at the mountain--a wonderful place. I think I was the only one to summit that day because the people we were with went to the shorter one on the NE corner of the summit glacier. I went to both and thought the SE peak was higher. Close enough, I guess.

For a number of reasons, we didn't make it to the summit. Mike Robbin and I attempted a one day ascent. I just barely passed 16,000 feet on the knees before turning around. This is a gorgeous mountain. I'll be back some day. Here is the Trip Report

We'd planned to go from La Jollita to the Ayoloco Hut and ascend the Ayoloco Glacier but got off route in thick clouds. We traversed the rock field to the Grupo de los Cien hut and ascended the following day via The Knees. Summit day was cold and clear.

I went from Puebla to the Grupo de los Cien hut on the first day, got there at 3pm and went up another hour to acclimatize and see the route. Left the next day at 7am to reach the summit at 10.30am. No clouds and great views untill 10.15. Saw nobody during those two days. Had to walk
back to Paso de Cortez! Had them with me but didn't use crampons nor ice-axe.

The most interesting volcano I've ever climbed and I'm from the Pacific NW. Highest i had been till the next week on Pico. Not very technically challenging great first high altitude climb. Found a roach in the hut and treated myself to quite the "high" experience

The most interesting volcano I've ever climbed and I'm from the Pacific NW. Highest i had been till the next week on Pico. Not very technically challenging but great first high altitude climb. Found a roach in the hut and treated myself to quite the "high" experience

The most interesting volcano I've ever climbed and I'm from the Pacific NW. Highest i had been till the next week on Pico. Not very technically challenging but great first high altitude climb. Found a roach in the hut and treated myself to quite the "high" experience

Started 8a.m. with 2 sons and 2nephews. Neat route up. However, I was the only one that summited,3pm. Good reason to go again. down at 6pm. I had been dreaming of this climb for 4 years and was delighted.

We started at 11am and finished up at 9pm. This was a fun traverse up and over, and around many rocky outcroppings. Two small glaciers crossings at the end mixed things up and also provided much needed water on a hot day. The views of Popo are impressive from the beginning of this route.

My wife Hilde and me climbed the volcanoe as an acclimatisation trip for Orizaba. The Ayoloco hut is a really filthy place. We did three hours to the summit and enjoyed especially the icy belly in the first sunrays. Awesome views on Popcatepetl.

We did a loop going up the Ayoloco glacier and coming down the Arista del Sol to our camp way below the De Los Cien hut. The lack of water on the mountain dictated our camping spot but gave us a chance to see more of the mountain this way.

REALLY long day, about 17 hours. Mostly because of socializing, and some inexperience people at the top who didn't bring any crampons. We ended up helping them get back on the trail. The weather was warm and sunny with very little wind.

A great prep climb for Orizaba. I climbed them both with Mexican guide Cristobol Corona. We spent the night at the high hut and then hit up the summit the next morning. Beautiful climb and a fun, easy glacier.